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 ARS PUN-ICA, SIVE FLOS LINGUARUM;

THE

OR,

THE FLOWER OF LANGUAGES;

IN SEVENTY-NINE RULES:

THE FARTHER IMPROVEMENT OF CONVERSATION, AND HELP OP MEMORY.

BY THE LABOUR AND INDUSTRY OF TOM PUN-SIBI.

"Ex ambigua dicta vel argutissima putantur; sed non semper in joco, sæpe etiam in gravitate versantur. — Ingeniosi enim videtur, vim verbi in aliud atque cæteri accipiant, posse ducere."Cicero, de Oratore, lib. ii, § 61, 2.

"The seeds of Punning are in the minds of all men." Addison, Spect. N° 61.

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